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|lshtext=<b>confĕro</b>: contŭli, collātum ([[conl]]-), conferre, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[bring]], [[bear]], or [[carry]] [[together]], to [[collect]], [[gather]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: ligna [[circa]] casam, Nep. Alcib. 10, 4: [[arma]], Vell. 2, 114, 4: cibos [[ore]] suo (aves), Quint. 2, 6, 7: [[undique]] collatis membris, Hor. A. P. 3 al.: sarcinas in unum locum, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25: collatis militaribus signis, id. ib. 7, 2: ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto, Hor. C. 3, 4, 19: quo (sc. in proximum [[horreum]]) omne rusticum [[instrumentum]], Col. 1, 6, 7: [[illuc]] (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges, Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.: dentes in corpore ([[canes]]), Ov. M. 3, 236: materiam omnem, [[antequam]] dicere ordiamur, Quint. 3, 9, 8: [[summas]] (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita, id. 10, 7, 32: plura [[opera]] in unam tabulam, id. 8, 5, 26: quae in proximos [[quinque]] libros conlata sunt, id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. [[infra]].; Quint. 4, 1, 23: [[rogus]] inimicis [[collatus]] manibus, Petr. 115 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[collect]] [[money]], treasures, etc., for [[any]] [[object]], to [[bring]] offerings, [[contribute]]: dona mihi, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: contulit aes [[populus]], Ov. F. 4, 351; so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59: EX AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3991: [[aurum]] argentumque in publicum, Liv. 28, 36, 3: munera ei, Nep. Ages. 7, 3: tributa [[quotannis]] ex censu, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: conferre eo [[minus]] tributi, Liv. 5, 20, 5: in [[commune]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12: quadringena talenta [[quotannis]] Delum, Nep. Arist. 3, 1: ([[pecunia]]) ad ejus honores conlata, Cic. Fl. 25, 59: ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse, id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157: sextantes in capita, Liv. 2, 33, 11: pecunias, Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6: [[vinum]] [[alius]], [[alius]] mel, Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.: sua bona in [[medium]], ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.: magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei, ib. 50, 4, 5: cum et Socrati collatum [[sit]] ad victum, Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Absol.: nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> Trop., [[like]] the Gr. [[συμφέρω]] (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be [[useful]], [[profitable]], to [[profit]], [[serve]], be of [[use]] to ( = [[prosum]]; cf. also [[conduco]], II.; [[post]]-Aug., and [[only]] in the [[third]] [[person]]; [[most]] freq. in Quint.); constr. [[with]] ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.<br /> <b>(a)</b> With ad: naturane [[plus]] ad eloquentiam conferat an [[doctrina]], Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—*<br /> <b>(b)</b> With in: [[rursus]] in [[alia]] [[plus]] [[prior]] ([[exercitatio]]) confert, Quint. 10, 7, 26.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With dat.: Gracchorum eloquentiae [[multum]] contulisse matrem, Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With subj. inf.: incipiente [[incremento]] confert alterna folia [[circum]] obruere, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—（ε) Absol.: [[multum]] veteres [[etiam]] Latini conferunt, [[imprimis]] copiam verborum, Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[bring]] [[into]] [[connection]], to [[unite]], [[join]], [[connect]]: membris collatis, of an [[embrace]], Lucr. 4, 1101; cf. ora, App. M. 5, p. 161, 17: fontes e quibus collatae aquae [[flumen]] emittunt, Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to [[lay]] heads [[together]] (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or [[come]] [[with]] one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so, gradum ( = congredi), id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical [[union]]: dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—<br /> <b>b</b> Trop.: collatis viribus, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.: conferre [[vires]] in unum, Liv. 33, 19, 7: collata omnium vota in unius salutem, Plin. [[Pan]]. 23, 5: e singulis frustis collata [[oratio]], Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3: [[velut]] studia [[inter]] nos conferebamus, id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to [[consult]] [[together]], [[confer]], [[consider]] or [[talk]] [[over]] [[together]]: si [[quid]] res feret, [[coram]] [[inter]] nos conferemus, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1: sollicitudines [[nostras]] [[inter]] nos, id. Fam. 6, 21, 2: rationes, id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum [[aliquo]], to [[unite]] in [[familiar]] [[conversation]] [[with]], id. Off. 2, 11, 39: cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit, id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.: cum [[aliquo]] aut sermones aut consilia, id. Phil. 2, 15, 38: consilia ad adulescentes, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.: consilia dispersim [[antea]] habita, Suet. Caes. 80: injurias, to [[deliberate]] [[together]] [[concerning]], Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.: omnes sapientes [[decet]] conferre et fabulari, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.[[clause]]: fusi contulerimus [[inter]] nos ... [[quid]] [[finis]], Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4: ibi conferentibus, [[quid]] animorum Hispanis esset, Liv. 27, 20, 4.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[bring]] or [[join]] [[together]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[set]] [[together]] ([[most]] freq. in milit. lang.): ([[Galli]]) cum Fontejo [[ferrum]] ac [[manus]] contulerunt, Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2): signa cum Alexandrinis, id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.: collatis signis depugnare, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66: [[arma]] cum [[aliquo]], Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.: [[arma]] [[inter]] se, Liv. 21, 1, 2: [[castra]] cum hoste, id. 26, 12, 14; cf.: [[castra]] castris, id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79: pedem cum pede, to [[fight]] [[foot]] to [[foot]], Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.: pede conlato, id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.: gradum cum [[aliquo]], id. 7, 33, 11: pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus, Ov. M. 6, 242: stat conferre manum Aeneae, Verg. A. 12, 678: prima movet [[Cacus]] collatā proelia dextrā, Ov. F. 1, 569: collatis cursibus hastas conicere, Val. Fl. 6, 270: seque viro vir contulit, Verg. A. 10, 735.—Poet.: [[inter]] [[sese]] duri certamina belli, Verg. A. 10, 147: [[contra]] conferre manu certamina pugnae, Lucr. 4, 843: collato Marte, Ov. M. 12, 379.—Absol.: [[mecum]] [[confer]], ait, [[fight]] [[with]] me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to [[encounter]], [[come]] in [[contact]] [[with]] one, to [[attack]]: non [[possum]] [[magis]] pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut [[propius]] accedere? Cic. Planc. 19, 48: pedem cum singulis, Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.: qui [[illi]] concedi putem utilius esse [[quod]] postulat [[quam]] signa conferri, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.—Poet.: lites, to [[contend]], [[quarrel]], Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[bring]] [[together]] for [[comparison]], to [[compare]]; constr. [[with]] cum, [[inter]] se, ad, the dat., or acc. [[only]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With cum: quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non [[modo]] ingenii magnitudine sed [[etiam]] animi? Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115: ut non conferam vitam [[neque]] existimationem tuam cum illius, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72: cum maximis minima, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.: [[nostras]] leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone, Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.: [[illa]] cum Graeciā, id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also δ. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> With [[inter]] se ([[rare]]): vitam [[inter]] se utriusque [[conferte]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.— *<br /> <b>(g)</b> With ad: bos ad bovem [[collatus]], Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With dat.: tempora [[praesentia]] praeteritis, Lucr. 2, 1166: parva magnis, Cic. Or. 4, 14: alicui illud, id. Inv. 2, 50, 151: lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae, Quint. 12, 10, 75: ingenia ingeniis, Sen. Contr. 5, 33: illam puellis, Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9: nil jucundo [[amico]], Hor. S. 1, 5, 44: ([[Pausanias]] et [[Lysander]]) ne minimā [[quidem]] ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. [[supra]], α.—（ε) With acc. [[only]]: tesseram hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88: [[conferte]] Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121: [[exemplum]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696: nec cum quaereretur [[gener]] Tarquinio, [[quisquam]] Romanae juventutis ullā [[arte]] conferri potuit, Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47: [[census]], Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents: haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—<br /> <b>5</b> With the [[idea]] of shortening by [[bringing]] [[together]] (cf. [[colligo]]), to [[compress]], [[abridge]], [[condense]], [[make]] or be [[brief]]: [[quam]] potero in verba conferam paucissima, Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.: in pauca, ut [[occupatus]] [[nunc]] [[sum]], [[confer]], [[quid]] velis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 44: rem in pauca, id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and: in pauca verba, id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109: totam Academiam ... ex duobus libris contuli in [[quattuor]], Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1: ut in pauca conferam, id. Caecin. 6, 17: sua verba in duos [[versus]], Ov. F. 1, 162: ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros, Suet. Caes. 44.— *<br /> <b>6</b> To [[join]] in [[bringing]] [[forward]], to [[propose]] unitedly (as a [[law]]; cf. [[fero]], II. B. 8. b.): [[cur]] [[enim]] non confertis, ne [[sit]] [[conubium]] divitibus et pauperibus, Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.<br /><b>II</b> (Con intens.) To [[bear]], [[carry]], [[convey]], [[direct]] a [[thing]] [[somewhere]] (in [[haste]], for [[protection]], etc.); and conferre se, to betake or [[turn]] one's [[self]] [[anywhere]], to go ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> Prop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.<br /> <b>(a)</b> With the [[designation]] of the [[goal]]: quo me [[miser]] conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214: qui cum se suaque omnia in [[oppidum]] [[Bratuspantium]] contulissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: se suaque eo, id. ib. 3, 28: se suaque in naves, Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.: [[iter]] [[Brundisium]] [[versus]], Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: [[iter]] eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39; Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos [[eodem]] audita Cannensis [[clades]] contulerat, Liv. 23, 17, 8: parentes [[illuc]], Tac. A. 4, 46: se Rhodum conferre, Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4: se Colonas, Nep. Paus. 3, 3: quo se fusa [[acies]], Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.: se ad Tissaphernem, Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so, se ad Pharnabazum, id. Con. 2, 1: se in fugam, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: [[sese]] in [[pedes]], Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.: conicere se in [[pedes]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things: [[pituita]] eo se umorve confert, Cels. 2, 12.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Absol.: [[pulcre]] haec confertur [[ratis]], is borne [[away]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—<br /> <b>2</b> Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. [[abeo]], II.): aliquem in aliquid, to [[change]] [[into]], [[transform]] to [[something]]: aliquem in [[saxum]], Ov. M. 4, 278: versos [[vultus]] ([[poet]]. [[circumlocution]] for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348: [[corpus]] in albam volucrem, id. ib. 12, 145.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[bring]], [[turn]], [[direct]] [[something]] to; and conferre se, to [[turn]], [[apply]], [[devote]] one's [[self]] to, etc.: quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli, Cic. Lael. 1, 1: ([[Crassus]]) cum [[initio]] aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset, id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2: qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34: se ad [[studium]] scribendi, id. Arch. 3, 4: se ad studia litterarum, id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24: [[meus]] [[pater]] eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the [[figure]] taken from the [[sea]] [[when]] in [[commotion]]), Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to [[bring]] words to actions, i. e. to [[pass]] from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17: suspitionem in Capitonem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100: ut [[spes]] votaque sua non [[prius]] ad deos [[quam]] ad principum aures conferret, Tac. A. 4, 39: lamentationes suas [[etiam]] in [[testamentum]], id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,<br /> <b>2</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[application]] or [[communication]], to [[devote]] or [[apply]] [[something]] to a [[certain]] [[purpose]], to [[employ]], [[direct]], [[confer]], [[bestow]] [[upon]], [[give]], [[lend]], [[grant]], to [[transfer]] to (a favorite [[word]] [[with]] Cic.).<br /> <b>(a)</b> With dat.: dona [[quid]] cessant mihi Conferre? Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: [[tibi]] munera, Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3: victoribus praemia, Suet. Calig. 20: puellae [[quinquaginta]] milia nummūm, Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2: fructum [[alio]], Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With ad and acc.: hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam, Tac. A. 3, 72: [[Mithridates]] omne reliquum [[tempus]] non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem [[novi]] contulit, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: omne [[studium]] [[atque]] omne [[ingenium]] ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam, id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3: omnem meam curam [[atque]] operam ad philosophiam, id. ib. 4, 3, 4: omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam ... [[confer]] ad eam curam, id. Att. 7, 1, 2: animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae [[genus]] [[consilium]] vivendi omne, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120: orationem omnem ad misericordiam, id. Lig. 1, 1.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With in: omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam, Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2: diligentiam in valetudinem tuam, id. Fam. 16, 4, 4: praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, [[neque]] in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc., id. Agr. 2, 23, 60: in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so, plurimum benignitatis in eum, id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges [[with]], Tac. H. 4, 53: in unius salutem collata omnium vota, Plin. [[Pan]]. 23, 5.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With [[erga]]: [[commemoratio]] benevolentiae ejus, [[quam]] [[erga]] me a pueritiā contulisses, Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—<br /> <b>3</b> With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to [[refer]] or [[ascribe]] [[something]] to a [[person]] or [[thing]] as its [[possessor]], [[author]] (in a [[good]], and freq. in a [[bad]] [[sense]]), to [[attribute]], [[impute]], [[assign]], [[ascribe]] to one, to [[lay]] to the [[charge]] of: [[species]] istas hominum in deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: res ad [[imperium]] deorum, Lucr. 6, 54: permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo [[numquam]] dicta sunt, conferuntur ... Stomachor [[vero]], cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur, Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2: mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum, id. Fl. 17, 41: suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem, Cic. Sen. 5, 14: hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli, id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.: culpam in aliquem, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1: causam in aliquem, id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.: causam in [[tempus]], Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[transfer]] to a [[fixed]] [[point]] of [[time]], [[fix]], [[assign]], [[refer]], [[appoint]], [[put]] [[off]], [[defer]], [[postpone]] (cf. [[differo]]): Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum, Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem [[iter]] suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3: omnia in mensem Martium, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24: aliquid in ambulationis [[tempus]], id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod [[tempus]], id. Off. 3, 24, 93: [[quod]] in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.: alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem, Plin. [[Pan]]. 61.—Rarely of [[place]]: idoneum locum in agris [[nactus]] ... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit, Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin.—<br /> <b>5</b> To [[bring]] on, [[cause]], [[occasion]], [[induce]]: pestem alicui, Col. 1, 5, 4: candorem mollitiamque, Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175. | |lshtext=<b>confĕro</b>: contŭli, collātum ([[conl]]-), conferre, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[bring]], [[bear]], or [[carry]] [[together]], to [[collect]], [[gather]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: ligna [[circa]] casam, Nep. Alcib. 10, 4: [[arma]], Vell. 2, 114, 4: cibos [[ore]] suo (aves), Quint. 2, 6, 7: [[undique]] collatis membris, Hor. A. P. 3 al.: sarcinas in unum locum, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25: collatis militaribus signis, id. ib. 7, 2: ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto, Hor. C. 3, 4, 19: quo (sc. in proximum [[horreum]]) omne rusticum [[instrumentum]], Col. 1, 6, 7: [[illuc]] (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges, Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.: dentes in corpore ([[canes]]), Ov. M. 3, 236: materiam omnem, [[antequam]] dicere ordiamur, Quint. 3, 9, 8: [[summas]] (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita, id. 10, 7, 32: plura [[opera]] in unam tabulam, id. 8, 5, 26: quae in proximos [[quinque]] libros conlata sunt, id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. [[infra]].; Quint. 4, 1, 23: [[rogus]] inimicis [[collatus]] manibus, Petr. 115 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[collect]] [[money]], treasures, etc., for [[any]] [[object]], to [[bring]] offerings, [[contribute]]: dona mihi, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: contulit aes [[populus]], Ov. F. 4, 351; so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59: EX AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3991: [[aurum]] argentumque in publicum, Liv. 28, 36, 3: munera ei, Nep. Ages. 7, 3: tributa [[quotannis]] ex censu, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: conferre eo [[minus]] tributi, Liv. 5, 20, 5: in [[commune]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12: quadringena talenta [[quotannis]] Delum, Nep. Arist. 3, 1: ([[pecunia]]) ad ejus honores conlata, Cic. Fl. 25, 59: ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse, id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157: sextantes in capita, Liv. 2, 33, 11: pecunias, Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6: [[vinum]] [[alius]], [[alius]] mel, Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.: sua bona in [[medium]], ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.: magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei, ib. 50, 4, 5: cum et Socrati collatum [[sit]] ad victum, Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Absol.: nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> Trop., [[like]] the Gr. [[συμφέρω]] (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be [[useful]], [[profitable]], to [[profit]], [[serve]], be of [[use]] to ( = [[prosum]]; cf. also [[conduco]], II.; [[post]]-Aug., and [[only]] in the [[third]] [[person]]; [[most]] freq. in Quint.); constr. [[with]] ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.<br /> <b>(a)</b> With ad: naturane [[plus]] ad eloquentiam conferat an [[doctrina]], Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—*<br /> <b>(b)</b> With in: [[rursus]] in [[alia]] [[plus]] [[prior]] ([[exercitatio]]) confert, Quint. 10, 7, 26.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With dat.: Gracchorum eloquentiae [[multum]] contulisse matrem, Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With subj. inf.: incipiente [[incremento]] confert alterna folia [[circum]] obruere, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—（ε) Absol.: [[multum]] veteres [[etiam]] Latini conferunt, [[imprimis]] copiam verborum, Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[bring]] [[into]] [[connection]], to [[unite]], [[join]], [[connect]]: membris collatis, of an [[embrace]], Lucr. 4, 1101; cf. ora, App. M. 5, p. 161, 17: fontes e quibus collatae aquae [[flumen]] emittunt, Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to [[lay]] heads [[together]] (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or [[come]] [[with]] one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so, gradum ( = congredi), id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical [[union]]: dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—<br /> <b>b</b> Trop.: collatis viribus, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.: conferre [[vires]] in unum, Liv. 33, 19, 7: collata omnium vota in unius salutem, Plin. [[Pan]]. 23, 5: e singulis frustis collata [[oratio]], Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3: [[velut]] studia [[inter]] nos conferebamus, id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to [[consult]] [[together]], [[confer]], [[consider]] or [[talk]] [[over]] [[together]]: si [[quid]] res feret, [[coram]] [[inter]] nos conferemus, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1: sollicitudines [[nostras]] [[inter]] nos, id. Fam. 6, 21, 2: rationes, id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum [[aliquo]], to [[unite]] in [[familiar]] [[conversation]] [[with]], id. Off. 2, 11, 39: cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit, id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.: cum [[aliquo]] aut sermones aut consilia, id. Phil. 2, 15, 38: consilia ad adulescentes, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.: consilia dispersim [[antea]] habita, Suet. Caes. 80: injurias, to [[deliberate]] [[together]] [[concerning]], Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.: omnes sapientes [[decet]] conferre et fabulari, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.[[clause]]: fusi contulerimus [[inter]] nos ... [[quid]] [[finis]], Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4: ibi conferentibus, [[quid]] animorum Hispanis esset, Liv. 27, 20, 4.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[bring]] or [[join]] [[together]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[set]] [[together]] ([[most]] freq. in milit. lang.): ([[Galli]]) cum Fontejo [[ferrum]] ac [[manus]] contulerunt, Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2): signa cum Alexandrinis, id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.: collatis signis depugnare, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66: [[arma]] cum [[aliquo]], Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.: [[arma]] [[inter]] se, Liv. 21, 1, 2: [[castra]] cum hoste, id. 26, 12, 14; cf.: [[castra]] castris, id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79: pedem cum pede, to [[fight]] [[foot]] to [[foot]], Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.: pede conlato, id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.: gradum cum [[aliquo]], id. 7, 33, 11: pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus, Ov. M. 6, 242: stat conferre manum Aeneae, Verg. A. 12, 678: prima movet [[Cacus]] collatā proelia dextrā, Ov. F. 1, 569: collatis cursibus hastas conicere, Val. Fl. 6, 270: seque viro vir contulit, Verg. A. 10, 735.—Poet.: [[inter]] [[sese]] duri certamina belli, Verg. A. 10, 147: [[contra]] conferre manu certamina pugnae, Lucr. 4, 843: collato Marte, Ov. M. 12, 379.—Absol.: [[mecum]] [[confer]], ait, [[fight]] [[with]] me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to [[encounter]], [[come]] in [[contact]] [[with]] one, to [[attack]]: non [[possum]] [[magis]] pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut [[propius]] accedere? Cic. Planc. 19, 48: pedem cum singulis, Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.: qui [[illi]] concedi putem utilius esse [[quod]] postulat [[quam]] signa conferri, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.—Poet.: lites, to [[contend]], [[quarrel]], Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[bring]] [[together]] for [[comparison]], to [[compare]]; constr. [[with]] cum, [[inter]] se, ad, the dat., or acc. [[only]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With cum: quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non [[modo]] ingenii magnitudine sed [[etiam]] animi? Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115: ut non conferam vitam [[neque]] existimationem tuam cum illius, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72: cum maximis minima, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.: [[nostras]] leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone, Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.: [[illa]] cum Graeciā, id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also δ. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> With [[inter]] se ([[rare]]): vitam [[inter]] se utriusque [[conferte]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.— *<br /> <b>(g)</b> With ad: bos ad bovem [[collatus]], Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With dat.: tempora [[praesentia]] praeteritis, Lucr. 2, 1166: parva magnis, Cic. Or. 4, 14: alicui illud, id. Inv. 2, 50, 151: lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae, Quint. 12, 10, 75: ingenia ingeniis, Sen. Contr. 5, 33: illam puellis, Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9: nil jucundo [[amico]], Hor. S. 1, 5, 44: ([[Pausanias]] et [[Lysander]]) ne minimā [[quidem]] ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. [[supra]], α.—（ε) With acc. [[only]]: tesseram hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88: [[conferte]] Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121: [[exemplum]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696: nec cum quaereretur [[gener]] Tarquinio, [[quisquam]] Romanae juventutis ullā [[arte]] conferri potuit, Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47: [[census]], Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents: haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—<br /> <b>5</b> With the [[idea]] of shortening by [[bringing]] [[together]] (cf. [[colligo]]), to [[compress]], [[abridge]], [[condense]], [[make]] or be [[brief]]: [[quam]] potero in verba conferam paucissima, Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.: in pauca, ut [[occupatus]] [[nunc]] [[sum]], [[confer]], [[quid]] velis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 44: rem in pauca, id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and: in pauca verba, id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109: totam Academiam ... ex duobus libris contuli in [[quattuor]], Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1: ut in pauca conferam, id. Caecin. 6, 17: sua verba in duos [[versus]], Ov. F. 1, 162: ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros, Suet. Caes. 44.— *<br /> <b>6</b> To [[join]] in [[bringing]] [[forward]], to [[propose]] unitedly (as a [[law]]; cf. [[fero]], II. B. 8. b.): [[cur]] [[enim]] non confertis, ne [[sit]] [[conubium]] divitibus et pauperibus, Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.<br /><b>II</b> (Con intens.) To [[bear]], [[carry]], [[convey]], [[direct]] a [[thing]] [[somewhere]] (in [[haste]], for [[protection]], etc.); and conferre se, to betake or [[turn]] one's [[self]] [[anywhere]], to go ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> Prop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen.<br /> <b>(a)</b> With the [[designation]] of the [[goal]]: quo me [[miser]] conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214: qui cum se suaque omnia in [[oppidum]] [[Bratuspantium]] contulissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: se suaque eo, id. ib. 3, 28: se suaque in naves, Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.: [[iter]] [[Brundisium]] [[versus]], Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: [[iter]] eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39; Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos [[eodem]] audita Cannensis [[clades]] contulerat, Liv. 23, 17, 8: parentes [[illuc]], Tac. A. 4, 46: se Rhodum conferre, Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4: se Colonas, Nep. Paus. 3, 3: quo se fusa [[acies]], Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.: se ad Tissaphernem, Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so, se ad Pharnabazum, id. Con. 2, 1: se in fugam, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: [[sese]] in [[pedes]], Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.: conicere se in [[pedes]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things: [[pituita]] eo se umorve confert, Cels. 2, 12.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Absol.: [[pulcre]] haec confertur [[ratis]], is borne [[away]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—<br /> <b>2</b> Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. [[abeo]], II.): aliquem in aliquid, to [[change]] [[into]], [[transform]] to [[something]]: aliquem in [[saxum]], Ov. M. 4, 278: versos [[vultus]] ([[poet]]. [[circumlocution]] for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348: [[corpus]] in albam volucrem, id. ib. 12, 145.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[bring]], [[turn]], [[direct]] [[something]] to; and conferre se, to [[turn]], [[apply]], [[devote]] one's [[self]] to, etc.: quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli, Cic. Lael. 1, 1: ([[Crassus]]) cum [[initio]] aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset, id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2: qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34: se ad [[studium]] scribendi, id. Arch. 3, 4: se ad studia litterarum, id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24: [[meus]] [[pater]] eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the [[figure]] taken from the [[sea]] [[when]] in [[commotion]]), Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to [[bring]] words to actions, i. e. to [[pass]] from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17: suspitionem in Capitonem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100: ut [[spes]] votaque sua non [[prius]] ad deos [[quam]] ad principum aures conferret, Tac. A. 4, 39: lamentationes suas [[etiam]] in [[testamentum]], id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,<br /> <b>2</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[application]] or [[communication]], to [[devote]] or [[apply]] [[something]] to a [[certain]] [[purpose]], to [[employ]], [[direct]], [[confer]], [[bestow]] [[upon]], [[give]], [[lend]], [[grant]], to [[transfer]] to (a favorite [[word]] [[with]] Cic.).<br /> <b>(a)</b> With dat.: dona [[quid]] cessant mihi Conferre? Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: [[tibi]] munera, Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3: victoribus praemia, Suet. Calig. 20: puellae [[quinquaginta]] milia nummūm, Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2: fructum [[alio]], Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With ad and acc.: hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam, Tac. A. 3, 72: [[Mithridates]] omne reliquum [[tempus]] non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem [[novi]] contulit, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: omne [[studium]] [[atque]] omne [[ingenium]] ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam, id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3: omnem meam curam [[atque]] operam ad philosophiam, id. ib. 4, 3, 4: omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam ... [[confer]] ad eam curam, id. Att. 7, 1, 2: animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae [[genus]] [[consilium]] vivendi omne, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120: orationem omnem ad misericordiam, id. Lig. 1, 1.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With in: omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam, Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2: diligentiam in valetudinem tuam, id. Fam. 16, 4, 4: praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, [[neque]] in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc., id. Agr. 2, 23, 60: in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so, plurimum benignitatis in eum, id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges [[with]], Tac. H. 4, 53: in unius salutem collata omnium vota, Plin. [[Pan]]. 23, 5.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With [[erga]]: [[commemoratio]] benevolentiae ejus, [[quam]] [[erga]] me a pueritiā contulisses, Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—<br /> <b>3</b> With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to [[refer]] or [[ascribe]] [[something]] to a [[person]] or [[thing]] as its [[possessor]], [[author]] (in a [[good]], and freq. in a [[bad]] [[sense]]), to [[attribute]], [[impute]], [[assign]], [[ascribe]] to one, to [[lay]] to the [[charge]] of: [[species]] istas hominum in deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: res ad [[imperium]] deorum, Lucr. 6, 54: permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo [[numquam]] dicta sunt, conferuntur ... Stomachor [[vero]], cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur, Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2: mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum, id. Fl. 17, 41: suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem, Cic. Sen. 5, 14: hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli, id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.: culpam in aliquem, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1: causam in aliquem, id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.: causam in [[tempus]], Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[transfer]] to a [[fixed]] [[point]] of [[time]], [[fix]], [[assign]], [[refer]], [[appoint]], [[put]] [[off]], [[defer]], [[postpone]] (cf. [[differo]]): Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum, Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem [[iter]] suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3: omnia in mensem Martium, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24: aliquid in ambulationis [[tempus]], id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod [[tempus]], id. Off. 3, 24, 93: [[quod]] in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.: alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem, Plin. [[Pan]]. 61.—Rarely of [[place]]: idoneum locum in agris [[nactus]] ... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit, Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin.—<br /> <b>5</b> To [[bring]] on, [[cause]], [[occasion]], [[induce]]: pestem alicui, Col. 1, 5, 4: candorem mollitiamque, Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175. | ||
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|gf=<b>cōnfĕrō</b>,⁶ contŭlī, collātum (conlātum), cōnferre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> apporter ensemble, apporter de tous côtés, amasser, réunir : urbis ornamenta domum suam Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 121, amasser chez lui les ornements de la ville ; [[frumentum]] conferri, comportari dicere Cæs. G. 1, 16, 4, ils disaient qu’on réunissait le blé, qu’on en faisait le transport ; [[arma]] conferre Cæs. G. 1, 27, 4, etc., apporter en un même point (livrer) les armes ; jubet sarcinas conferri Cæs. G. 7, 18, 4 (ou in unum locum conferri G. 1, 24, 3 ), il ordonne de réunir [en un seul endroit] les bagages ; collatis militaribus signis Cæs. G. 7, 2, 2, les étendards étant réunis || in unum conferre [[vires]] suas Liv. 3, 8, 11, rallier ses troupes, les concentrer (29, 39, 3 ; 32, 30, 2, etc.) || in pauca conferre Cic. Cæc. 17 ; Off. 3, 118, résumer en peu de mots<br /><b>2</b> apporter comme contribution : in [[commune]] [[aliquid]] Cic. Quinct. 12, verser une somme à la communauté [= à l’actif de l’association] ; ad honores alicujus pecunias Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 152 ; in statuas Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 145, contribuer de son argent à rendre des honneurs à qqn, à lui élever des statues ; [[tributum]] conferre in rem Liv. 4, 60, 5, payer une taxe (un impôt) comme contribution pour qqch. ( Cic. Off. 2, 74 ) ; [[auctor]] conferendi Liv. 29, 16, 2, qui prend l’initiative de proposer une contribution volontaire || [fig.] : [[pater]] Tiberi [[plurimum]] ad victoriam contulit Suet. Tib. 4, 1, le père de Tibère contribua beaucoup à la victoire ; [[aliquid]] iram ad magnitudinem animi conferre Sen. Ira 1, 20, 1, [croire] que la colère contribue à la grandeur d’âme || d’où conferre = être utile (cf. συμφέρει) : [[multum]] [[veteres]] [[etiam]] Latini conferunt Quint. 1, 8, 8, même les anciens écrivains latins sont d’un grand profit (2, 5, 16 ; 4, 2, 123, etc.)<br /><b>3</b> rapprocher, placer tout près : capita Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 31 ; Liv. 2, 45, 7, rapprocher les têtes pour conférer, s’entretenir à l’écart, tenir une conférence || [idée d’hostilité] : [[castra]] castris conlata Cic. Div. 2, 114, camp rapproché du camp ennemi (deux armées en présence) ; castris Scipionis [[castra]] conlata habere Cæs. C. 3, 79, 3, camper à proximité de Scipion (le serrer de près), cf. Hirt. G. 8, 9, 2 ; Liv. 8, 23, 9, etc. ; [[exercitus]] cum [[quo]] [[castra]] conlata habuerit Liv. 27, 47, 6, l’armée à côté de laquelle il avait campé (26, 12, 14) || surtout [[arma]], manum, gradum, pedem, signa conferre = en venir aux mains, engager le combat : [[arma]] cum hominibus necessariis Cæs. C. 1, 74, 2, se battre contre des amis ; manum cum hoste Liv. 9, 5, 10 ( Cic. Font. 12 ; Domo 53 ), en venir aux mains avec l’ennemi ; gradum cum [[aliquo]] Liv. 7, 33, 11, se rencontrer avec qqn, l’avoir pour adversaire ; conlato gradu Tac. H. 2, 42, dans un corps à corps ; pedem conferre Cic. Planc. 48, se mesurer de près avec qqn ; collatum pedem [[non]] ferre Liv. 6, 13, 2, ne pas soutenir une lutte corps à corps ; [[pes]] cum pede [[collatus]] Liv. 28, 2, 6, se battant pied contre pied ; signa conferre Cic. Mur. 20, faire s’affronter les enseignes, en venir aux prises ; signis collatis Cic. Pomp. 66, etc., en bataille rangée ( Liv. 29, 18, 10, etc. ) ; signa conferre cum Alexandrinis Cic. Pis. 49 ( Liv. 1, 33, 4, etc. ), livrer bataille aux Alexandrins ; [[vires]] conferre Liv. 21, 50, 1, en venir aux prises (4, 27, 5 ; 42, 47, 8 ) ; se viro [[vir]] contulit Virg. En. 10, 734, il l’affronta dans un combat d’homme à homme ; abs<sup>t</sup>] : [[mecum]] confer Ov. M. 10, 603, mesure-toi avec moi<br /><b>4</b> mettre en commun des [[propos]], échanger des [[propos]] : conferunt sermones [[inter]] [[sese]] Pl. Curc. 290, ils échangent des [[propos]] entre eux ; sermonem cum [[aliquo]] Cic. Inv. 2, 14 ; Off. 1, 136, etc. (sermones Cic. Off. 2, 39 ; Phil. 2, 38), s’entretenir avec qqn ; [[inter]] [[nos]] conferre sollicitudines [[nostras]] Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 2, nous communiquer [[nos]] inquiétudes ; [[coram]] conferre quæ volumus [[licebit]] Cic. Att. 2, 25, 2, nous pourrons échanger de [[vive]] voix les idées que nous voulons ; id [[coram]] [[inter]] [[nos]] conferemus Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1, nous en parlerons ensemble ; [[inter]] se conferre injurias Tac. Agr. 15, se faire part des injustices subies ; abs<sup>t</sup>] : [[nisi]] contulerimus [[inter]] [[nos]] [[quid]] sit ipsum [[bonum]] Cic. Fin. 2, 4, sans avoir examiné en commun ce que nous entendons par le bien lui-même (4, 74 ; Div. 2, 28)<br /><b>5</b> mettre ensemble pour comparer, rapprocher, mettre en parallèle : [[conferte]] Verrem, [[non]] ut hominem cum homine comparetis Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 121, mettez Verrès à côté, [[non]] pour faire une comparaison des deux personnages ; vitam [[inter]] se utriusque [[conferte]] Cic. Com. 20, mettez la vie de l’un et de l’autre en parallèle ; pacem cum [[bello]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 121, rapprocher l’état de paix de l’état de guerre ; cum Lycurgo et Solone [[nostras]] leges Cic. de Or. 1, 197 (= cum legibus Lycurgi), comparer [[nos]] lois à celles de Lycurgue et de [[Solon]] ; aliquem cum [[aliquo]] [[aliqua]] re Cic. Br. 272, comparer qqn à qqn sous le rapport de qqch. || [avec dat.] : parva magnis Cic. Br. 213, comparer de petites choses aux grandes (Or. 14 ; Rep. 3, 34, etc.) ; ne minima [[quidem]] ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinæ conferendi sunt ([[Pausanias]] et [[Lysander]]) Cic. Off. 1, 76 (= eorum [[res]] gestæ), leurs exploits ne peuvent en aucune façon être [[mis]] en parallèle avec les lois et la discipline établies par Lycurgue || [[bos]] ad bovem [[collatus]] [[Varro]] L. 9, 28, un bœuf comparé à un bœuf (10, 37 ; 10, 45, etc.) || collationner : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 190<br /><b>6</b> porter en un point, transporter : suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam contulerunt Cic. Pomp. 17, ils [les publicains] ont porté dans [[cette]] province leurs spéculations et leurs fonds ; [[nihil]] [[umquam]] domum suam contulit Nep. Ages. 7, 3, il ne transporta jamais [[rien]] [aucun cadeau] chez lui ; [[iter]] [[Brundisium]] [[versus]] [[contuli]] Cic. Att. 3, 4, j’ai dirigé ma route sur Brindes || se conferre, <b> a)</b> se transporter, se réfugier : se suaque [[omnia]] in [[oppidum]] contulerunt Cæs. G. 2, 13, 2, ils se transportèrent, eux et tous leurs biens, dans la ville ; cum se Rhodum contulisset Cic. de Or. 3, 213, s’étant réfugié à Rhodes ; se ad inimicos tuos contulit Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 77, il s’[[est]] joint à tes ennemis ; <b> b)</b> se porter (se tourner) vers une chose, se consacrer à : ad historiam Cic. de Or. 2, 57 ; ad poetas, ad geometras, ad musicos Cic. de Or. 3, 58, se consacrer à l’histoire, à la poésie, à la géométrie, à la musique ; ad amicitiam alicujus Cic. Br. 281, rechercher l’amitié de qqn ; ad salutem [[rei]] publicæ defendendam Cic. Fam. 11, 7, 2, se porter au secours de l’État ; in salutem [[rei]] publicæ Cic. Phil. 12, 7, se dévouer au salut de l’État<br /><b>7</b> porter (reporter) à une date déterminée : [[aliquid]] in longiorem diem Cæs. G. 1, 40, 14, reporter qqch. à une date [[plus]] éloignée ; cædem optimatium in [[ante]] diem [[quintum]] Kalendas Novembres Cic. Cat. 1, 7, fixer au cinquième jour avant les Kalendes de novembre le massacre des citoyens les meilleurs || supplicia ad tuum, [[non]] ad [[rei]] publicæ [[tempus]] conferes Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 77, ces châtiments, tu les différeras jusqu’au moment opportun pour toi, [[non]] pour l’État<br /><b>8</b> porter (faire [[passer]]) dans un ouvrage : dierum [[quinque]] scholas in [[totidem]] libros [[contuli]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, les conférences ayant duré cinq jours, je les ai rédigées en autant de livres (Fam. 6, 18, 3 ; Att. 13, 13, 1)<br /><b>9</b> conférer ; <b> a)</b> [officiell<sup>t</sup>] confier (des honneurs) à qqn : in aliquem honores maximos Cic. Phil. 13, 9, conférer à qqn les [[plus]] grands honneurs (Rep. 3, 27 ) ; curam restituendi Capitoli in Lucium Vestinum confert Tac. H. 4, 53, il confie à [[Lucius]] [[Vestinus]] la charge de rebâtir le Capitole (H. 1, 1 ; Ann. 3, 71, etc.) ; <b> b)</b> soumettre au jugement de qqn : ad [[arbitrium]] alicujus [[aliquid]] Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23<br /><b>10</b> consacrer, employer, appliquer à : prædam in monumenta deorum immortalium Cic. Agr. 2, 61, consacrer le butin à des monuments aux dieux immortels ; [[aliquid]] in rem publicam conservandam Cic. Pomp. 49, consacrer qqch. au salut de l’État ; [[quicquid]] habuit [[virium]], id in eorum libertatem defendendam contulit Cic. Phil. 10, 16, tout ce qu’il avait de forces, il l’employa à défendre leur liberté ; [[omnia]] mea studia in istum unum [[confero]] Cic. Q. 2, 13, 2, je concentre sur lui toutes les marques de mon dévouement ; omne [[reliquum]] [[tempus]] [[non]] ad oblivionem [[veteris]] belli, [[sed]] ad comparationem [[novi]] contulit Cic. Pomp. 9, il employa tout le reste du temps [[non]] pas à oublier l’ancienne guerre, mais à en préparer une nouvelle ; ad hominum utilitatem suam prudentiam conferunt Cic. Off. 1, 156, ils font servir leur sagesse (clairvoyance) à l’intérêt de leurs semblables ; ad philosophiam suam operam conferre Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 4, donner tous ses soins à la [[philosophie]] ; ad populi [[Romani]] gloriam celebrandam omne [[ingenium]] conferre Cic. Arch. 19, consacrer tout son talent à répandre la gloire du peuple romain<br /><b>11</b> faire porter sur, imputer à : in aliquem culpam Cic. Or. 137, rejeter la faute sur qqn ; crimina in aliquem Cic. Cæl. 30, faire porter des accusations sur qqn ; ([[rei]]) causam in aliquem Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 83 ; in [[tempus]] Cic. de Or. 3, 228, faire retomber la responsabilité (de qqch.) sur qqn, sur le temps (le manque de temps) ; permulta in Plancium, quæ ab eo [[numquam]] dicta sunt, conferuntur Cic. Planc. 35, on impute à [[Plancius]] un très grand nombre de [[propos]] qu’il n’a jamais [[tenus]] (Mil. 70 ; de Or. 2, 182 ; Sest. 40 ; Q. 1, 3, 8 ; Fam. 5, 5, 2) || qui suum timorem in [[rei]] frumentariæ simulationem angustiasque itineris conferrent Cæs. G. 1, 40, 10, ceux qui mettaient leur frayeur sous le couvert d’une prétendue difficulté d’approvisionnement..., ceux qui pour cacher leur frayeur mettaient en avant les prétendues difficultés de l’approvisionnement et même les difficultés de la route<br /><b>12</b> faire porter (placer) sur qqn des bienfaits, des faveurs, etc. : hæc beneficia tum in rem publicam, tum in singulos cives conferuntur Cic. Off. 2, 65, ces bienfaits se dispensent tantôt à l’ensemble de l’État, tantôt à des citoyens individuellement ; [[mores]] [[ejus]] in quem [[beneficium]] conferetur Cic. Off. 1, 45, les mœurs de celui qui [[sera]] l’objet du bienfait ; beneficia, quæ in me contulistis Cic. Mil. 100, les faveurs que vous m’avez prodiguées ; officia meminisse debet is in quem conlata sunt, [[non]] commemorare qui contulit Cic. Læl. 71, c’[[est]] le devoir pour celui à qui on a rendu des services de s’en souvenir, pour celui qui les a rendus de ne pas les rappeler. | |||
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confĕro: contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.
I To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).
A In gen.: ligna circa casam, Nep. Alcib. 10, 4: arma, Vell. 2, 114, 4: cibos ore suo (aves), Quint. 2, 6, 7: undique collatis membris, Hor. A. P. 3 al.: sarcinas in unum locum, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25: collatis militaribus signis, id. ib. 7, 2: ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto, Hor. C. 3, 4, 19: quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum, Col. 1, 6, 7: illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges, Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.: dentes in corpore (canes), Ov. M. 3, 236: materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur, Quint. 3, 9, 8: summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita, id. 10, 7, 32: plura opera in unam tabulam, id. 8, 5, 26: quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt, id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23: rogus inimicis collatus manibus, Petr. 115 fin.—
B In partic.
1 To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute: dona mihi, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: contulit aes populus, Ov. F. 4, 351; so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59: EX AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3991: aurum argentumque in publicum, Liv. 28, 36, 3: munera ei, Nep. Ages. 7, 3: tributa quotannis ex censu, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: conferre eo minus tributi, Liv. 5, 20, 5: in commune, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12: quadringena talenta quotannis Delum, Nep. Arist. 3, 1: (pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata, Cic. Fl. 25, 59: ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse, id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157: sextantes in capita, Liv. 2, 33, 11: pecunias, Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6: vinum alius, alius mel, Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.: sua bona in medium, ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.: magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei, ib. 50, 4, 5: cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum, Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Absol.: nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,
b Trop., like the Gr. συμφέρω (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.
(a) With ad: naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina, Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—*
(b) With in: rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert, Quint. 10, 7, 26.—
(g) With dat.: Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem, Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—
(d) With subj. inf.: incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—（ε) Absol.: multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum, Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—
2 To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect: membris collatis, of an embrace, Lucr. 4, 1101; cf. ora, App. M. 5, p. 161, 17: fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt, Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so, gradum ( = congredi), id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union: dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—
b Trop.: collatis viribus, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.: conferre vires in unum, Liv. 33, 19, 7: collata omnium vota in unius salutem, Plin. Pan. 23, 5: e singulis frustis collata oratio, Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3: velut studia inter nos conferebamus, id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together: si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1: sollicitudines nostras inter nos, id. Fam. 6, 21, 2: rationes, id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39: cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit, id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.: cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia, id. Phil. 2, 15, 38: consilia ad adulescentes, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.: consilia dispersim antea habita, Suet. Caes. 80: injurias, to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.: omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause: fusi contulerimus inter nos ... quid finis, Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4: ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset, Liv. 27, 20, 4.—
3 To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.): (Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt, Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2): signa cum Alexandrinis, id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.: collatis signis depugnare, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66: arma cum aliquo, Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.: arma inter se, Liv. 21, 1, 2: castra cum hoste, id. 26, 12, 14; cf.: castra castris, id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79: pedem cum pede, to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.: pede conlato, id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.: gradum cum aliquo, id. 7, 33, 11: pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus, Ov. M. 6, 242: stat conferre manum Aeneae, Verg. A. 12, 678: prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā, Ov. F. 1, 569: collatis cursibus hastas conicere, Val. Fl. 6, 270: seque viro vir contulit, Verg. A. 10, 735.—Poet.: inter sese duri certamina belli, Verg. A. 10, 147: contra conferre manu certamina pugnae, Lucr. 4, 843: collato Marte, Ov. M. 12, 379.—Absol.: mecum confer, ait, fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—
b Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack: non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere? Cic. Planc. 19, 48: pedem cum singulis, Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.: qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.—Poet.: lites, to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—
4 To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
(a) With cum: quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi? Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115: ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72: cum maximis minima, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.: nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone, Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.: illa cum Graeciā, id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also δ. —
(b) With inter se (rare): vitam inter se utriusque conferte, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.— *
(g) With ad: bos ad bovem collatus, Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—
(d) With dat.: tempora praesentia praeteritis, Lucr. 2, 1166: parva magnis, Cic. Or. 4, 14: alicui illud, id. Inv. 2, 50, 151: lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae, Quint. 12, 10, 75: ingenia ingeniis, Sen. Contr. 5, 33: illam puellis, Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9: nil jucundo amico, Hor. S. 1, 5, 44: (Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, α.—（ε) With acc. only: tesseram hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88: conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121: exemplum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696: nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit, Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47: census, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents: haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—
5 With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief: quam potero in verba conferam paucissima, Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.: in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 44: rem in pauca, id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and: in pauca verba, id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109: totam Academiam ... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor, Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1: ut in pauca conferam, id. Caecin. 6, 17: sua verba in duos versus, Ov. F. 1, 162: ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros, Suet. Caes. 44.— *
6 To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf. fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus, Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.
II (Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).
A Prop.
1 In gen.
(a) With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214: qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: se suaque eo, id. ib. 3, 28: se suaque in naves, Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.: iter Brundisium versus, Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39; Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat, Liv. 23, 17, 8: parentes illuc, Tac. A. 4, 46: se Rhodum conferre, Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4: se Colonas, Nep. Paus. 3, 3: quo se fusa acies, Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.: se ad Tissaphernem, Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so, se ad Pharnabazum, id. Con. 2, 1: se in fugam, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.: conicere se in pedes, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things: pituita eo se umorve confert, Cels. 2, 12.—
(b) Absol.: pulcre haec confertur ratis, is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—
2 Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something: aliquem in saxum, Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus (poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348: corpus in albam volucrem, id. ib. 12, 145.—
B Trop.
1 In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.: quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli, Cic. Lael. 1, 1: (Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset, id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2: qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34: se ad studium scribendi, id. Arch. 3, 4: se ad studia litterarum, id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24: meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion), Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17: suspitionem in Capitonem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100: ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret, Tac. A. 4, 39: lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum, id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,
2 With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).
(a) With dat.: dona quid cessant mihi Conferre? Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: tibi munera, Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3: victoribus praemia, Suet. Calig. 20: puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm, Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2: fructum alio, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—
(b) With ad and acc.: hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam, Tac. A. 3, 72: Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam, id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3: omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam, id. ib. 4, 3, 4: omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam ... confer ad eam curam, id. Att. 7, 1, 2: animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120: orationem omnem ad misericordiam, id. Lig. 1, 1.—
(g) With in: omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam, Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2: diligentiam in valetudinem tuam, id. Fam. 16, 4, 4: praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc., id. Agr. 2, 23, 60: in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so, plurimum benignitatis in eum, id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53: in unius salutem collata omnium vota, Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—
(d) With erga: commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses, Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—
3 With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of: species istas hominum in deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: res ad imperium deorum, Lucr. 6, 54: permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur ... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur, Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2: mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum, id. Fl. 17, 41: suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem, Cic. Sen. 5, 14: hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli, id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.: culpam in aliquem, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1: causam in aliquem, id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.: causam in tempus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
4 To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo): Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum, Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3: omnia in mensem Martium, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24: aliquid in ambulationis tempus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus, id. Off. 3, 24, 93: quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.: alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem, Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place: idoneum locum in agris nactus ... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit, Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin.—
5 To bring on, cause, occasion, induce: pestem alicui, Col. 1, 5, 4: candorem mollitiamque, Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.
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cōnfĕrō,⁶ contŭlī, collātum (conlātum), cōnferre, tr.,
1 apporter ensemble, apporter de tous côtés, amasser, réunir : urbis ornamenta domum suam Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 121, amasser chez lui les ornements de la ville ; frumentum conferri, comportari dicere Cæs. G. 1, 16, 4, ils disaient qu’on réunissait le blé, qu’on en faisait le transport ; arma conferre Cæs. G. 1, 27, 4, etc., apporter en un même point (livrer) les armes ; jubet sarcinas conferri Cæs. G. 7, 18, 4 (ou in unum locum conferri G. 1, 24, 3 ), il ordonne de réunir [en un seul endroit] les bagages ; collatis militaribus signis Cæs. G. 7, 2, 2, les étendards étant réunis
